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India to launch Gaganyaan crew capsule test flight by end of 2024

India plans to launch a key test of its Gaganyaan crew vehicle before the end of the year as the country gears up for human spaceflight missions.

Space · Aug 27, 2024

Pragyan rover has done what it was expected to do: ISRO chief

Chandrayaan-3: ISRO chief S. Somanath said Pragyan rover has done what it was expected to do and it would not be a problem even if it fails to `wake up’ from the current sleep mode

The Hindu · Sep 28, 2023

Between science and geopolitics: Global media and the new space race

In 1969, when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to land on the Moon, the banner headline on the front page of German paper Bild had said “the Moon is now American”. 

Newslaundry · Aug 24, 2023